Hi, Yes, I've tried with '((heading . auto)). '((heading . auto)) opens the possibility of inserting newline, which is not desirable for me. On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 1:21 AM, Nicolas Goaziou wrote: > Hello, > > Shiyao Ma writes: > > > I don't want org to automatically insert newline when adding headlines, > so > > I set this: > > > > org-blank-before-new-entry '((heading . nil) (plain-list-item . nil)) > > > > But turns out, org *aggressively* delete the existing newlines when I > press > > ctrl-return. > > > > > > How to tell org simply not to add newline when adding headline, meanwhile > > not do anything else? > > Have you tried '((heading . auto))? > > Regards, > > -- > Nicolas Goaziou >